Modjeska Monteith Simkins House - Photo Gallery

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This photo gallery of the Modjeska Monteith Simkins House contains the following shots:

  • Portraits of Modjeska Monteith Simkins.
  • Inside the exhibit  “An Advocate of the People” inside the home. 
  • A wall of letters sent to Simkins following her appeal to the public in the October 20, 1955 issue of Jet Magazine. 
  • Original architectural features of the home including fireplaces, flooring, molding, and footprint. 
  • Tabletop voting machine from the 1960s.
  • Ditto D-10 Duplicator Machine released in 1949, the predecessor to the modern-day copier. 
  • Exterior of the Modjeska Monteith Simkins home. 

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